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Jewish Identities

The writor, Klára Móricz, studies the concepts of the Jewish identity, rebuilding our comprehension of « Jewish music », as a growth of utopian ideologies, nationalism, racism …

Passport to Jewish Music

The 27 chapters of this book by the musicologist Irene Heskes describe the various historic periods of Jewish music, since the Biblical times until modern period …

Music in ancient Israel

Well documented, this book by Alfred Sendrey presents the music at the Biblical time and in the beginning of the Talmudic period …

Mindru Katz

Mindru Katz, a Romanian pianist born in Bucharest on June 3, 1925, emigrated in Israel in 1959. A brilliant international career led him to perform in many countries, solo concerts but also under the direction of conductors such as Antal Dorati, Sergiu Celibidache, Lorin Maazel …

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